Barn-frame



AU 291 EX 2 SheetsSheet 1.

(No Model.)

B. S. MOPHEETERS.

BARN FRAME.

A TTOR/VEYS.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

Ittlllli l'l SAMIIIQI. MillIltlC'lItI-IS, 0]" SAN!) tltlfilth', MINNESOTA.

BARN-FRAM E.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 582,543, dated May 1 1, 1897'.

Application tiled June 19,1896. Serial No. 596,224. (No model.

Be'it: known that I, IlonER'l SAMUEL Mt- IIIEE'IERS, of Sand (reel in the county of Scott and State of Minnesota, have invented a new and useful Imp ro vcment in Barn-F ram es, of which the following is a specification.

My improved barn-frame is designed to combine simplicity, economy, and strength in the highest degree and be also specially adapted for convenience and expedition in unloading hay, dc, and feeding the same to stock.

The details of construction and arrangement of parts are as hereinafterdescribed, and shown in acccompanying drawings, two sheets, in which Figure 1 is an end view of the barn-frame and its foundation. Fig. 2 is a horizontal section of a portion of the same on line 2 2 of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 Sheet 2, is a vertical section of the frame and foundation. Fig. I is a longitudinal section of a portion of the same.

The main or body frame of the barn is rectangular and set upon a stone or other permanent foundation A, whose walls inclose the basement or lower story, wherein I locate a cattle-stall o,a horse-stall 7, and an intermediate driveway or alley e, such stalls and driveway being arranged parallel and extendinglongitudinally of the basement A and having at each end openings which will in prac tice be provided with sliding doors. (Not shown.) The purlins or horizontal beams l, Fig. 1, that support the rafters 2 at points equidistant from the ridge-pole 3 and plates or top beams I, are supported by long braces 5, which converge at the lower end and are attached to a vertical center post [3, that seats on beams extending across the top of the driveway c and having braces 8 connected with the sills H. The said posts I} connect at their upper ends with the horizontal crossbeams 10, that brace and tie together the side posts 11, supporting the plates 4. A brace I2 is arranged at a right angle to each of the long pnrlin-braccs and extends outwardly down to the center of such side posts 11. It will be seen that both the purlilrbraccs 5 and the supplemental braces 12 cross the beams 1 and form acute angles therewith.

As shown in Fig. l, braces 1:; connect the purlins 1 and their braces The several parts of the frame :11 love mentioned are gained or mortiscd and pinned together, thus pro-- ducing a frame which has maximum rigidity and strength, yet equal lightness and simtheir side braces 12 and another one, 15, be- I tween the purlin-braces 5 and plates 4 and others, 16, between the purlin-braces themselves for the purpose of additionally strengthening the ends of the frame and providing for supports and points of attachment for the board sheathing or covering. The said braces 1t, 15, and 11; are shown in dotted lines.

As shown best in Fig. 3, the horizontal top 17 of the central drivcwayor alley c is raised above the tops 18 of the horse and cattle stalls o l, which constitute the bases of two mows, and are provided, Fig. 2, with openings 18' for feeding hay or other fodder to the stock.

In the middle of the driveway-top IT I provide a hatch or opening having hinged trapdoors 1!), and directly beneath and parallel to the ridge-pole $3 I suspend a rail or track 2H, on which runs a carriage it, having a sling or tacklc-and-block attachment 2;.

It will be seen that a load of hay having been hauled to the center of the driveway c, the hatclrdoors 19 opened, and the sling 2; brought to a point directly over the hatch the hay may be conveniently and quickly elevated through the hatch and deposited at either end of the barn, whence it maybe conveniently removed into one of the adjacent mews.

As will be noted from inspection of Fig. I), the arrangement of, the purlin-braces 5 provides amply for passage between them of any quantity of hay the sling 22 is capable of carrying. It will be further noted that the sling 2:? may be operated not only until the mows are full, but also all the space between them save that directly over the hatch.

I do not restrict myself to the particular form of hatch-door shown.

ICO

:is v\peeilied ol' the I'rnme having llltllllttl mi ters and :1 eonneeting' ridgwpoleflhe pnrlins, and inwnrdly-iunlined oreon\rrgingbrnres .3 for the lat ter, renter posts on whieh the brziees are sehzi trawl; arranged directly beneath the ridge-pole "I enrringe running thereon, and n hay-sling v nspended from said ('nrringe, for elerntinglnrr through the lliii('l1;lll1l ronvey \Vhat I claim is l 1. The improved barn-frmne, comprising the usual side posts, horizontal plate and inclined rafters, the puriins 1,;H'l'tillg0tl in the middle of the latter, the pnrlin-brnees 5, extending downward and inward, the vertirnl i eeuter posts (I, on which the braces converge, i the supplemental inclined braces 12, eonneetl ing said side postsand 1]llllili-l)lil00. ,tllltl the l in: it bet Ween opposite pnrliirbrzmrs toward horizontal brace and tie beams10,e0nneetingl either end of the burn, :m shown and d and gained into opposite side posts, center scribed. post, pnrlin-brnees and supplemental braves, lullilllil' Still llli lhl'llIlI-l'llillhl as shown and described. l

2. Thecombinationwiththebzisemenhhziv l ingncentraldriveway,provided withzihzih-h l JonN Hum. 

